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CITES halts Ecuador’s shark trade; trafficking persists amid lack of transparency
06 May 2024 15:34:59 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/cites-halts-ecuadors-shark-trade-trafficking-persists-amid-lack-of-transparency/
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Study identifies species with a long history but short future amid threats
28 Mar 2024 09:05:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/study-identifies-species-with-a-long-history-but-short-future-amid-threats/
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Summit on migratory species sides with science, throws shade on deep-sea mining
23 Feb 2024 15:00:21 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/summit-on-migratory-species-sides-with-science-throws-shade-on-deep-sea-mining/
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In East Java, social media push against Indonesia shark & ray trade lacks bite
08 Feb 2024 04:34:41 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/in-east-java-social-media-push-against-indonesia-shark-ray-trade-lacks-bite/
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DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets
30 Jan 2024 15:18:03 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/dna-probe-uncovers-threatened-shark-species-in-thailands-markets/
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2023’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
16 Jan 2024 18:04:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/2023s-top-ocean-news-stories-commentary/
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‘Shark dust’ helps researchers ID threatened species in Indonesia fish trade
19 Dec 2023 04:01:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/shark-dust-helps-researchers-id-threatened-species-in-indonesia-fish-trade/
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The ex-shark fishermen teaching schoolkids how to protect the environment
15 Dec 2023 02:27:58 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/the-ex-shark-fishermen-teaching-schoolkids-how-to-protect-the-environment/
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Congo’s waters are hotspot for endangered sharks & rays, reveals data from artisanal fishers
28 Nov 2023 16:11:12 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/congos-waters-are-hotspot-for-endangered-sharks-and-rays-reveals-data-from-artisanal-fishers/
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In Indonesia, ‘opportunistic’ whale shark fishery shows gap in species protection
13 Sep 2023 04:19:52 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/indonesia-whale-shark-fishing-protected-species-endangered/
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Indonesian illegal shark and ray exports remain rampant amid poor monitoring
08 Aug 2023 08:31:58 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/indonesian-illegal-shark-and-ray-exports-remain-rampant-amid-poor-monitoring/
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Sharks deserve our appreciation and protection (commentary)
13 Jul 2023 15:12:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/sharks-deserve-our-fascination-and-protection-commentary/
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Tangled in marine debris, skate egg cases dry up and die on Peruvian beaches
30 Jun 2023 08:00:16 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/tangled-in-marine-debris-skate-egg-cases-dry-up-and-die-on-peruvian-beaches/
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Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study shows
15 Jun 2023 19:37:14 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/several-reef-sharks-at-greater-threat-of-extinction-than-thought-study-shows/
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A Southeast Asian marine biodiversity hotspot is also a wildlife trafficking hotbed
07 Jun 2023 15:22:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/a-southeast-asian-marine-biodiversity-hotspot-is-also-a-wildlife-trafficking-hotbed/
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Uterine implants and underwater ultrasounds aim to demystify shark births
07 Apr 2023 11:22:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/uterine-implants-and-underwater-ultrasounds-aim-to-demystify-shark-births/
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‘Manta grid’ provides a ray of hope against industrial bycatch threat
27 Mar 2023 17:07:49 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/manta-grid-provides-a-ray-of-hope-against-industrial-bycatch-threat/
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Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation
06 Feb 2023 01:09:42 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/study-paying-fishers-to-ease-off-sharks-and-rays-is-cost-effective-conservation/
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Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover
03 Feb 2023 10:55:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/good-fisheries-management-if-enforced-can-help-sharks-and-rays-recover/
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More than half of reef sharks and rays threatened with extinction, study shows
17 Jan 2023 16:17:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/more-than-half-of-reef-sharks-and-rays-threatened-with-extinction-study-shows/
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Sharks received landmark protection to combat fin trade, but the culling must stop (commentary)
03 Jan 2023 14:43:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/sharks-received-landmark-protection-to-combat-fin-trade-but-the-culling-must-stop-commentary/
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Strong marine protected areas credited with manta ray surge in Indonesia
22 Dec 2022 02:00:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/strong-marine-protected-areas-credited-with-manta-ray-surge-in-indonesia/
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Landmark bill will ban the shark fin trade in the US
21 Dec 2022 19:42:13 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/landmark-bill-will-ban-the-shark-fin-trade-in-the-us/
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Shark-fishing gear banned across much of Pacific in conservation ‘win’
08 Dec 2022 16:37:10 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/shark-fishing-gear-outlawed-across-much-of-pacific-in-win-for-conservationists/
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New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit
25 Nov 2022 21:40:09 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/new-protections-for-sharks-songbirds-frogs-and-more-at-cites-trade-summit/
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No requiem for sharks just yet as nations push to protect species from trade
11 Nov 2022 11:43:27 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/no-requiem-for-sharks-just-yet-as-nations-push-to-protect-species-from-trade/
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Greenland shark, world’s longest-living vertebrate, gets long-awaited protection
06 Oct 2022 15:42:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/greenland-shark-worlds-longest-living-vertebrate-gets-long-awaited-protection/
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Stingrays can ‘talk’ when they get riled up, new study suggests
25 Jul 2022 10:23:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/stingrays-can-talk-when-they-get-riled-up-new-study-suggests/
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Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out
22 Jul 2022 13:50:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/where-do-the-guitarfish-go-scientists-and-fishers-team-up-to-find-out/
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Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks
09 Mar 2022 15:26:28 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/study-finds-major-brands-selling-cat-food-that-contain-protected-sharks/
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Belize shows how fishers and researchers can collaborate to protect sharks
17 Feb 2022 15:48:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/belize-shows-how-fishers-and-researchers-can-collaborate-to-protect-sharks/
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Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)
13 Jan 2022 18:28:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/ecuador-to-announce-creation-of-hermandad-marine-reserve-off-galapagos-commentary/
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Advocates welcome halt to shortfin mako shark fishing, call for longer ban
25 Nov 2021 19:05:17 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/advocates-welcome-halt-to-shortfin-mako-shark-fishing-call-for-longer-ban/
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Study shines a light on Indonesia’s murky shark fishery and trade
05 Nov 2021 04:46:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/study-shines-a-light-on-indonesias-murky-shark-fishery-and-trade/
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Beached whale shark in Indonesia reportedly cut up by locals to eat
30 Sep 2021 11:05:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/beached-whale-shark-in-indonesia-reportedly-cut-up-by-locals-to-eat/
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Overfishing threatens to wipe out bowmouth guitarfish in Indonesia, study says
24 Sep 2021 15:30:34 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/overfishing-threatens-to-wipe-out-bowmouth-guitarfish-in-indonesia-study-says/
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New research hopes to shine a light on wedgefish, the ‘pangolin of the ocean’
07 Sep 2021 16:52:15 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/new-research-hopes-to-shine-a-light-on-wedgefish-the-pangolin-of-the-ocean/
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For manta rays, parasitic hitchhikers can be a pain in the rear, study finds
20 Jul 2021 15:37:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/for-manta-rays-parasitic-hitchhikers-can-be-a-pain-in-the-rear-study-finds/
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In Gabon, a new partnership protects sharks and rays
08 Jun 2021 16:34:51 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/in-gabon-a-new-partnership-for-sharks-and-rays-announced-on-world-ocean-day/
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Indonesian researchers study how to help rays released as bycatch survive
12 May 2021 12:19:50 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/indonesian-researchers-study-how-to-help-rays-released-as-bycatch-survive/
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Shark catastrophe points to failure to enact global biodiversity agreements
19 Apr 2021 11:43:24 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/shark-catastrophe-points-to-failure-to-enact-global-biodiversity-agreements/
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Sharks on a knife’s edge as Maldives mulls lifting 10-year fishing ban
16 Apr 2021 15:22:28 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/sharks-on-a-knifes-edge-as-maldives-mulls-lifting-10-year-fishing-ban/
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Scientists discover three glow-in-the-dark sharks
04 Mar 2021 16:48:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/scientists-discover-three-glow-in-the-dark-sharks/
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Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels
24 Feb 2021 21:26:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/human-impacts-leave-reefs-short-on-sharks-and-long-on-moray-eels/
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Efforts to tackle shark fin trade need to focus closer to shore, study says
28 Oct 2020 12:49:37 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/efforts-to-tackle-shark-fin-trade-need-to-focus-closer-to-shore-study-says/
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Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk
23 Sep 2020 08:47:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/landed-by-the-thousands-overfished-congo-waters-put-endangered-sharks-at-risk/
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Sharks nearby? A bottle of seawater can hold the answer, study says
21 Aug 2020 14:32:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/sharks-nearby-a-bottle-of-seawater-can-hold-the-answer-study-says/
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Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many global reef systems, study finds
24 Jul 2020 09:05:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/sharks-are-functionally-extinct-in-many-global-reef-systems-study-finds/
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Shark fin stories by major media ‘misleading’: Q&A with David Shiffman
13 Jul 2020 19:55:42 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/shark-fin-stories-by-major-media-misleading-qa-with-david-shiffman/
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Mercury with that? Shark fins served with illegal doses of heavy metals
19 Jun 2020 13:01:14 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/mercury-with-that-shark-fins-served-with-illegal-doses-of-heavy-metals/
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Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection
28 Feb 2020 13:46:42 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/bid-to-get-aquatic-wild-meat-off-the-menu-and-under-protection/
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Recreational fishers are increasingly targeting sharks and rays, and researchers are concerned
06 Feb 2020 17:26:56 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/recreational-fishers-are-increasingly-targeting-sharks-and-rays-and-researchers-are-concerned/
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In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour
20 Nov 2019 11:59:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/in-indonesian-waters-filter-feeders-ingest-dozens-to-hundreds-of-microplastic-particles-every-hour/
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Manta rays are social creatures who are choosy about their friends
28 Aug 2019 17:32:50 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/manta-rays-are-social-creatures-who-are-choosy-about-their-friends/
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With record support, rhino rays and world’s fastest sharks get new trade protections
28 Aug 2019 08:56:25 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/with-record-support-rhino-rays-and-worlds-fastest-sharks-get-new-trade-protections/
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Information is key – but lacking for sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean (commentary)
18 Jul 2019 11:59:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/information-is-key-but-lacking-for-sharks-and-rays-in-the-western-indian-ocean-commentary/
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Thousands of sharks and rays are likely entangled in plastic polluting Earth’s oceans
16 Jul 2019 14:40:57 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/scientists-say-thousands-of-sharks-and-rays-are-likely-entangled-in-plastic-polluting-earths-oceans/
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What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?
28 Jun 2019 14:08:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/what-happens-to-an-ecotourism-town-when-the-wildlife-doesnt-show/
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Recreational divers help researchers track movements of rare stingray
18 Jun 2019 11:56:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/recreational-divers-help-researchers-track-movements-of-rare-stingray/
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Caribbean nations boost protection for extremely rare largetooth sawfish
08 Jun 2019 00:35:30 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/caribbean-nations-boost-protection-for-extremely-rare-largetooth-sawfish/
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